start stop button MERCEDES-BENZ GL SUV 2012 Owner's Manual

X
Shift the transmissio ntoposition Dwhile
the vehicle is stationary.
Active Parkin gAssist immediately steer sin
the othe rdirection.
The Park Assist active Accelerate and brake Observe surroundings mes-
sage appears in the multifunction display.
i You will achieve the best results by wait-
ing for the steerin gprocedure to complete
before pulling awa y.
X Drive forwards and be ready to brake at all
times.
X Stop as soo nasPARKTRONIC sounds the
continuous warning tone, if not before.
The ParkAssist active Select R Observe surroundings message appears in
th em ultifunction display.
Further transmissio nshift sm ay be neces-
sary.
As soon as the parking procedure is com-
plete, the Park Assist switched off mes-
sage appears in the multifunc tion display.
PARKTRONIC is still available.
X Manoeuvr eifnecessary.
X Alway sobserv ethe warnin gmessages dis-
played by PARKTRONI C(Ypage 217).
Parking tips:
R on narrow roads, driv easclosely as possi-
ble past the parkin gspace.
R parking spaces that are littered, overgrown
or partially occupied by trailer drawbars
might be identified incor rectly or not at all.
R snowfall or heavy rain may lea dtoap arking
space being measured inaccurately.
R the way your vehicle is positioned in the
parking space after parking is dependent
on various factors. Thes einclude the posi-
tion and shape of the vehicles parked in
front and behind it and the condi tions of the
location .Insome cases, Active Parking
Assist ma yguide you too far into aparking
space, or not far enough into it. In some
cases, it may also lead you across or onto
the kerb. If necessary, you should cancel the parking procedure with Active Parking
Assis
t.
R you can also engag eforward gear prema-
turely. The vehicle redirects and does not
drive as far int othe parkin gspace. Should
ag ear be changed too early, the parking
procedure will be cancelled. Asensible
parkin gposition can no longer be achieved
from this position.
Exiting aparkin gspace G
WARNING
Active Parking Assist doe snot monitor street
traffic .Insome cases, the vehicle will also
tak eyou onto section softhe oncoming lane
when exitin gaparking space.
You are responsible for safety at all times and
must pay attention to any road users
approaching or passing. Stop the vehicle if
necessary or cancel Active Parking Assis t.
Activ eParking Assis tcan only assis tyou with
exitin gaparking space if you have parked the
vehicle using Active Parking Assis t.
X Start the engine.
X Switch on the turn signal on the side facing
the street.
X Shift the transmission to position Dor R.
The Star tPark Assist? Yes: OK No: %
message appears in th emultifunction
display.
X To cancel the procedure: press the
% button on the multifunction steering
wheel or pull away.
or
X To exit aparkin gspace usin gActive
Parking Assist: press theabutton on
the multifunction steering wheel.
The Park Assis tactive Accelerate and brake Observe surroundings mes-
sage appear sinthe multifuncti on display.
X Releas ethe multifunction steeri ngwheel.
X Revers ethe vehi cleo rdrive forwards, being
ready to brake at all times .Donot exceed
am aximum spee dofapproximately 222
Driving systemsDriving and parking

Oper
ating the on-board compu ter
Overview :
Multifunction display
; Swit ches on LINGU ATRONIC; see the sep-
arate operating instructions
= Right control panel
? Left control panel
A Back button
X To activate the on-board computer: turn
the key to position 1in the ignitio nlock.
You can control the multifunction display and
the settings in the on-boar dcompu teru sing
the button sonthe multifunction steering
wheel. Lef
tcontrol panel =
; R
Calls up the menu and menu bar 9
:
Press briefly:
R
Scrolls through lists
R Select sasubmenu or function
R In the Audio menu: select
sa
stored station, an audi otrack or
av ideo scene
R In the Tel (telephone) menu:
switches to th ephon ebook and
selects anam eo rtele phone
number 9
:
Press and hold:
R In the Audio menu: sele
ctst he
previous/next statio norselects
an audio trac koravideoscene
using rapi dscrolling
R In the Tel (Te
lephone) menu:
starts rapid scrolling if the phone
book is open a R
Confirm sselection/display mes-
sage
R In the Tel (telephone) menu:
switches to the telephone book
and starts dialling the selected
number
R In the Audio menu: stops the
station searc hfunction at the
desired station Right control panel
~ R
Rejects or ends acall
R Exits telephone book/redial
memory 6 R
Makes or accepts acall
R Switches to the redial memory Displays and operation
269On-board computer and displays Z

W
X R
Adjusts the volume 8 R
Mute Bac
kbutton %
Press briefly:
R
Back
R Switch esoff LINGUATRONIC;
see the separate operating
instructi ons
R Hides displa ymessages/calls
up the last Trip men
ufunction
used
R Exits the telephone book/redial
memory %
Press and hold:
R
Call supt he standard display in
the Trip menu
Multifunction display
:
Time
; Permanent display: outside tem perature
or spee d(Ypage 280)
= Description field
? Menu bar A
Drive program (Y page 168)
B Transmission position (Y page 168)
X To sho wmenu bar ?:press the =
or ; button on the steerin gwheel.
Men ubar? disappears after afew seconds.
Text field =shows the selected men uor
submen uaswell as display messages.
i You can set the tim eusing the audi osys-
tem or COMAND Online; see the separate
operating instructions.
The followi ngmessage scan appear in the
multifunction display:
Xj Y ActiveParking Assist
(Y page 219)
¯ Cruise control (Y page 193)
LIM SPEEDTRONI
C(Ypage 19 6)
f DSR DSR (Y
page 251)
Ç Off-ro ad program (vehicles with-
out the ON&OFFROAD package)
(Y page 252)
Ç Off-road program (vehicles with
the ON&OFFROAD package)
(Y page 253)
LO WR ANGE LO
WR ANGE off-road gear
(Y page 254)
_ Adaptive Main-beam Assist
(Ypage 125)
À ATTENTION ASSIST
(Ypage 232)
¤ ECO start/stop function
(Ypage 163)
Ä SpeedLimit Assist
(Y page 233)
à Lane KeepingAssist
(Y page 24 0)
à ActiveLane Keepin gAssist
(Y page 24 5)
ë HOLD functio n(Ypage 21 1)
Ä Distancewarnin gfunction
(Y page 63) 270
Display
sand ope rationOn-board computer and displays

You will see one of the followin
gdisplay mes-
sages in the multifunction display:
R Please enter PIN :t
he mobile phone has
been placed in the mobile phone bracket
and the PIN has not yet been entered.
When you enter your PIN via the mobile
phone, LINGUATRONIC ,the audio system
or COMAN DOnline, the mobil ephone
searches for anetwor k.
R Telephone ready or the nam
eofthe net-
wor kprovider: th emobile phone has found
an etwor kand is ready to receive.
R Telephone No Service :t
here is no net-
wor kavail able or the mobile phone is
searching for anetwor k.
i You can obtain further information about
suitable mobile phones and connecting
mobile phones via Bluetooth ®
:
R from any Mercedes Benz Service Centre
R on the Internet at: http://
www.mercedes-benz.com/ connect
Acceptin gacall Examp
le:i ncoming call
If someone call syou when you are in the
Tel menu,
adisplay message appears in the
multifunction display.
X Press the 6button on the steering
wheel to accept an incomin gcall.
You can accept acall even if you are not in
the Tel menu.
Rejecting or ending acall X
Press the ~buttonont he steer ing
wheel. You can end or reject
acall even if you are not
in the Tel menu.
Dialling anumbe rfrom the phone book X
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to sel ectthe Tel menu.
X Press the 9,:ora button to
switch to the phone book.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
desired name.
or
X To begin rapid scrolling: press and hold
the 9 or: button for longer than
one second.
Rapid scrolling stops when you release the
button or reach the end of the list.
X If only one telephone number is stored
for aname: press the 6ora button
to start diall ing.
or
X If ther eismore tha none number for a
pa rticula rname: press the 6ora
button to display the numbers.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
number you want to dial.
X Press the 6ora button to start dial-
ling.
or
X To exit the telephon ebook: press the
~ or% button.
Redialling The on-board computer saves the last names
or numbers dialle dinthe redial memory.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to selec tthe Tel menu.
X Press the 6button to switc htothe
redial memory.
X Press the 9or: button to selec tthe
desired nam eornumber. 276
Menus and submenusOn-board computer and displays

:
To fold the exterior mirror sinorout
If you have switched on the function and you
fold the exterior mirrors in using button :,
the exterior mirrors do not fold out automat-
ically (Y page 113).
You can then only fold out the exterior mirrors
using button :.
Resetting to factor ysettings X
Pres sthe = or; button on th esteer-
ing wheel to selec tthe Settings menu.
X Press the :or9 button to selec tthe
Factor ysetting submenu.
X Press ato confirm.
The Reset all settings? message
appe ars.
X Pres sthe : or9 button to select
No or
Yes .
X Press ato confir mthe selection.
If you select Yes ,t
he multifunction display
shows aconfirmation message.
For safet yreasons, not all functions are reset:
the Limi tspeed (winter tyres): func-
tion in permanen tSPEEDTRONIC can only be
set in the Vehicle submenu. If you want to
reset the Daytimedriving lights in the
Light submenu, yo
umust turn the key to
position 1in the ignition lock. ON&OFFROAD menu
Example: multifunction display
X
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the ON&OFFROAD menu.
You can set the following current settings to
appea rintheON&OFFROAD menu:
R On-road program (Y page 248)
R Off-road program (Y page 253) AM
Gm enu in AMG vehicles
AMG displays :
Digital speedometer
; Gear indicator
= Upshift indicator
? Engin eoil temperature
A Coolant temperature
B ECO start/stop func tion status indicator
(Y page 163)
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the AMG menu.
Upshift indicator UP =
indicates that the
engin ehas reached the overrevving range
when in the manual gearshift program.
Upshift indicator UP =
fades out other mes-
sages until you have shifted up.
When the engine oil temperature is below
80 †, the oil temperature is shown in blue. 286
Menus and submenusOn-board computer and displays

Avoi
dusing the ful loutpu toft he engin edur-
ing this time.
SETUP :
Drive program (C /S /M )
; ESP ®
mode (ON /OFF )
= Suspension tuning (COMFORT /SPORT /
SPORT+ )
SETUP shows the drive program, the ESP ®
(Electronic Stability Program) mode and the
suspensio ntuning.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the AMG menu.
X Press the 9button repeatedly until
SETUP is displayed.
RACETIMER Displaying and starting the RACETIMER
G
WARNING
The RACETIMER feature is only for use on
roads and in conditions where high speed
driving is permitted. Racing on publi croads is
prohibited under all circumstances. The driver
is and must always remain responsible for fol-
lowin gposted speed limits. :
Lap
; RACETIMER You can star
tthe RACETIME Rwhen the
engin eisrunnin gorift he key is in position
2 in the ignition lock.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to selec tthe AMG menu.
X Press the 9button repeatedly until the
RACETIME Risshown.
X To sta rt:press the abutton to start the
RACETIMER.
Displaying the intermediate time X
Press the =or; button to select
Interm .Time .
X Press ato confirm.
Th eintermediate time is displayed for five
seconds.
Starting anew lap :
RACETIMER
; Fastest lap time (best lap)
= Lap
X Press ato confirm NewL ap .
i It is possible to store amaximum of six-
teen laps. Lap 16 can only be stopped with
Finish Lap .Menus and submenus
287On-board computer and displays Z

Stopping th
eRACETIMER X
Press the %button on the steering
wheel.
X Press ato confirm Yes .
The RACETIMER interrupts timing when you
stop the vehicle and turn the key to position
1 in the ignition lock. When you turn the key
to position 2or 3and then press ato
confirm Start ,t
iming is continued.
Resetting the current lap
X Stop the RACETIMER.
X Press =or; to select ResetLap .
X Press ato reset th elap time to "0".
Deleting all laps If you switch off the engine, the RACETIMER
is reset to "0" after 30 seconds
.All laps are
deleted.
You cannot delete individual stored laps. If
you have stopped 16 laps, the current lap
does not have to be reset.
X Reset the current lap.
X Press ato confirm Reset .
Rese tRace Timer? appe
arsint he multi-
func tion display.
X Press the :button to select Yes and
press the abutton to con firm.
All laps are deleted. Overall evaluation
:
RACETIMER overall evaluation
; Tota ltime driven
= Average speed
? Distanc ecovered
A Maximum speed
This func tion is shown if you have stored at
least one lap and stopped the RACETIMER.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the AMG menu.
X Press the 9button repeatedly until the
overall evaluation is shown.
Lap evaluation :
Lap
; Lapt ime
= Average lap speed
? Lap length
A Top speed during lap 288
Menus and submenusOn-board computer and displays

Displa
ymessages Possible causes/consequences and
M Solutions
Â
Ke
yn ot detected (red display message) Th
eK EYLESS-GO key is not in the vehicle.
Aw arning ton ealso sounds.
If th eengineiss witched off ,you can no longer loc kthe vehicle
cen trally or start the engine.
X Pull over and stop the vehicle safely as soon as possible ,paying
attention to road and traffic conditions.
X Secure the vehicle against rolling away (Y page 181).
X Locate the KEYLESS-GO key. The KEYLESS-GO key is not detected while the engine is running
because there is interference from
astron gsource of radio waves.
Aw arning ton ealso sounds.
X Pull ove rand sto pthe vehicle safel yassoonasp ossible, paying
attention to roa dand traffic conditions.
X Secure the vehicl eagainst rolling away (Y page 181).
X Operate the vehicle with the key in the ignition lock if necessary. Â
Ke
yn ot detected (white displa
ymes-
sage) The KEYLE
SS-GO key cannot be detected at present.
X Chang ethe location of the key with the KEYLESS-GO functions
in the vehicle.
If the KEYLESS-GO key is still not detected:
X Operate the vehicle with the key in the ignition lock if necessary. Â
Ke
ys till in vehi‐ cle Th
eK EYLESS-GO key has bee ndetected inside the vehicle during
locking.
X Remov ethe KEYLESS-GO key from the vehicle. Â
Remove starting
button
,then insert key KEYLESS-GO is temporarily malfunctionin
gorisdefective. Awarn-
ing ton ealso sounds.
X Inser tthe key in tothe ignition lock and tur nittothedesired
position.
X Visi taq ualifieds pecialist workshop. Â
Clos
edoors to lock vehicle At leas
tone doo riso pen. Awarning ton ealso sounds.
X Close all door sand lock the vehicle again. Display messages
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H
Environmenta
lnote
When toppin guptheoil, tak ecaren ot to spill
any .Ifo il enters th esoil or waterways, it is
harmful to th eenvironment.
! Only use engine oil sand oil filters that
have bee napproved for vehicles with a
servic esystem. You can obtain alist of the
engine oils and oil filters tested and
approved in accordance with the
Mercedes-Ben zSpecification sfor Service
Product satany Mercedes-Ben zService
Centre.
Damage to th eengine or exhaust sys temis
caused by the following:
R using engine oil sand oil filters that have
not bee nspecifically approved for the
servic esystem
R changing the engine oil and oil filter after
missing the change interval required by
the servic esystem
R using engine oil additives
! Do not add too muc hoil. Toppin gupwith
to om uche ngine oil can resul tindamage
to the engine or to the catalytic converter.
Hav eexcess engine oil siphoned off. Example: engine oil filler cap
X
Turn cap :anti-clockwis eand remove it.
X Top up the engine oil.
If the oil level is at or below the MIN mark
on the oil dipstick ,add 1. 0litreo fengine
oil. X
Replace cap :on the filler nec kand turn
clockwise.
Make sure that the cap locks securely into
place.
X Check the oil level agai nwith the oil dip-
stic k(Ypage 36 2).
For furthe rinformation on engine oil ,see
(Y page 42 8). Other service products
Checking th ecoolant level G
WARNING
The coolin gsystem is pressurised. Therefore,
only unscrew the cap onc ethe engine has
coole ddown. The coolan ttemperatur edis-
play must be less than 70 †. Otherwise, you
could be scalded if hot coolant escapes. X
Park the vehicle on alevel surface.
Only chec kthe coolant level if the vehicle
is on alevel surface and the engine has
cooled down.
X Turn the key to position 2in the ignition
lock (Y page 159).
On vehicles with KEYLESS-GO, press the
Start/Stop button twic e(Ypage 159).
X Check the coolant temperatur egauge in
the multifunction displ ay.
Th ec oolant temperatur emust be below
70 †.
X Turn the key to position 0(Y page 159 )in
the ignition lock. Eng
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The vehicle should preferably be washed
by hand using asoft sponge, car shampoo
and plent yofwater.
i Use only insect remover and car shampoo
from the range of recommended and
approved Mercedes -Benz care products. Cleaning vehicle parts
Cleaning the wheels !
Do not use acidic wheel cleaning products
to remove brake dust. Thi scould damage
wheel bolts and brake components.
! Do not par kupthe vehicle for an extended
period straight after cleanin git, particularly
after having cleaned the wheels with wheel
cleaner. Wheel cleaners could cause
increased corrosion of the brake discs and
brake pads/linings .For this reason, you
should drive for afew minutes after clean-
ing. Brakin gheats the brak ediscs and the
brake pads/linings, thus drying them. The
vehicle can then be parked up.
Cleaning the windows G
WARNING
Switc hoff the windscree nwipers and remove
the key from the ignition lock before cleaning
the windscreen or the wiper blades. On vehi-
cles with KEYL ESS-GO, pres sthe Start/S top
button repeatedly until all indicator lamps in
the instrumen tcluster have gone off. The
windscreen wipers could otherwise move and
injur eyou.
! Do not use dry cloths, abrasive products,
solven tsor cleanin gagents con taining sol-
vent stoc lean the inside of the windows.
Do not touch the insides of the windows
with hard objects, e.g. an ice scraper or
ring. There is otherwise arisk of damaging
the windows.
! Clean the water drainage channels of the
windscreen and the rear window at regular intervals. Deposits such as leaves, petals
and pollen may under certain circumstan-
ces prevent water from drainin
gaway. This
can lead to corrosion damage and damage
to electronic components.
X Clean the inside and outside of the win-
dows with adamp cloth and acleaning
agent that is recommended and approved
by Mercedes-Benz.
Cleanin gthe wiper blades G
WARNING
Switch off the windscree nwipers and remove
the key from the ignition lock before cleaning
the windscreen or the wiper blades. On vehi-
cles with KEYLESS-GO, press the Star t/Stop
butto nrepeatedly unti lall indicator lamps in
the instrumen tcluster have gone off. The
windscreen wipers could otherwise move and
injur eyou.
! Do not pull on the wiper blade. Otherwise,
the wiper blade could be damaged.
! Do not clean wiper blades too often and
do not rub them too hard. Otherwise, the
graphit ecoatin gcould be damaged. This
coul dcause wiper noise.
! Hold the wiper arm securely when folding
back. The windscreen could be damaged if
the wiper arm hits against it suddenly.
X Fold the wiper arms away from the wind-
screen.
X Clea nthe wiper blades carefully usin ga
damp cloth.
X Fold the windscreen wipers back again
befor eswitching on the ignition.
Cleanin gthe exterio rlighting !
Only use cleaning agents or cleaning
cloths that are suitable for plastic lenses.
Unsuitable cleaning agents or cleaning
cloths could scratc hordamage the plastic
lenses of the exterior lighting. Care
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